Urban Residence: Housing and Social Transformations in Globalizing Ecuador

by Christien Klaufus

Riobamba and Cuenca, two intermediate cities in Ecuador, have become part of global networks through transnational migration, incoming remittances, tourism, and global economic connections. Their landscape is changing in several significant ways, a reflection of the social and urban transformations occurring in contemporary Ecuadorian society. Exploring the discourses and actions of two contrasting population groups, rarely studied in tandem,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857453718
• ISBN13: 9780857453716
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"